Because it gets you out of your normal routine and you can build real trust through shared experience.

Valérie Dumesny is the General Manager of Locaverre - Ma Bouteille s'appelle Reviens, a cooperative society focused on circular economy, particularly on the reuse of glass containers in Drôme-Ardèche.

Marina Moya is the co-founder of Bolsalea, a company based in Alicante that manufactures recyclable bags and packaging with inclusive employment.

Guy Pezaku is the president and co-founder of Murfy, a home appliance repair company launched in 2018. Today, it also focuses on the installation and maintenance of photovoltaic panels, as well as heating systems like heat pumps.

Dr. Sophie Chung is the founder and CEO of Qunomedical. As a doctor, she understands the challenges of the healthcare system and helps patients, practices, and hospitals with digitalization.

Xavi Silva García is the founder and CEO of Hemav, a technology company based in Barcelona that develops Layers, an artificial intelligence platform that turns satellite and climate data into agricultural production forecasts.

Kareen Maya Levy is the co-founder of the association Un Nouveau Cycle, which trains technicians in preventive maintenance to extend the life of our appliances, benefiting both the planet and our wallets.

Simply because that person may have the exact skillset you need; or because you’re looking for extra resilience, particular determination, or the kind of creativity that comes from dealing with extra challenges every single day…

Anthony Montardy is the founding president of Feux de forêt, a citizen platform that allows users to report a fire, track ongoing wildfires in real-time, and receive geolocated alerts.

Claire Moreau is co-director of Le Paysan Urbain in Marseille, an association that works for social justice and nature in the city to help communities adapt to climate change.

Gabriel Bran Lopez is the founding president of Fusion Jeunesse and the initiator of Terroir Lab, which develops educational projects to promote academic perseverance by giving meaning to learning and placing young people at the heart of concrete projects.

Pelayo Pérez is 51 years old and the founder of La Newyorkina, a brand from Asturias specializing in artisanal granola that generates several million euros in revenue and exports to various European countries.

Sebastian Heinrichs is a fund manager at the Welcome Alliance Fund of the organization Project Together. The fund is a funding instrument in the area of arrival and participation.

Paul Charlent is a transition manager and president of Fermcoop and La Ferme de l'Envol, a cooperative farm located on the former airbase 217, in the Cœur d'Essonne urban community. For six years, this project has been experimenting with a model that combines sustainable agriculture, farm autonomy, and better remuneration for market gardeners.

Frédéric Arnoux is the founder and CEO of Stim, which aims to help business leaders regain an entrepreneurial spirit and creative teams to innovate and invent the products of tomorrow.

Octave Kleynjans is the Development Director of Mouvement Impact France, an employer organization that brings together 30,000 companies committed to social and environmental issues.

Laurent Dégrave is a river mediator technician and co-president of the Réseau des Rivières Sauvages association, which currently brings together 32 labeled rivers and aims to have 50 by 2030.

Leslie Bissey is an oceanographer. She founded the WeOcean association in 2017 to raise awareness about ocean protection.

Isabelle Susini is the director of 1% for the Planet France, the French endowment fund of the international movement created nearly 25 years ago by Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia. Its goal is to encourage companies to donate 1% of their revenue to environmental associations.

Sophie Robin is the co-founder and impact director of Stone Soup, a B-Corp consulting firm specializing in social impact measurement and strategy, which she founded 18 years ago with two other partners.

Idaira Quintero is the coordinator of Enreda, the socio-labor insertion program of Sic4change active in Toledo and Gran Canaria.

Toni Zamorano is the CEO and founder of Proyectos Extraordinarios, a social enterprise based in Valencia that creates jobs for women facing barriers to the labor market through textile workshops and material reuse projects.

Sara Reichau is the spokesperson for press, PR, and politics at Acker e.V. and advocates for making farming accessible to all to develop a more sustainable society.

Laura García is the territorial coordinator of Sic4Change in the Canary Islands, a social innovation cluster that seeks solutions to persistent problems based on two pillars: citizen participation and ethical technology.

As Head of Public Affairs & Social Responsibility at Generali Deutschland, Patrick Hoffmann is responsible for political and social engagement and serves as the interface between society and the private sector.

Mauricio Fernández is the founder of Alnus Paisajistas, a landscaping studio that sees the garden as a tool for environmental, social, and cultural transformation, designing green spaces for individuals, companies, and institutions.

Manuela Verduci is the CEO of Kiron Digital. This social impact company specializes in digital learning platforms to support companies in creating an inclusive, fair, and sustainable work environment.

Having learned in England that porridge helps with a hangover, the name of the takeaway porridge company founded by Leandro Burguete and his two co-founders is Haferkater.

The guiding principle of the SWANS Initiative is 'More Fatmas in Leadership Positions'. Martha Dudzinski, one of the three founders and managing partners, creates a space for and by Migra daughters, BIWOC, and Women of Colour. The offering specifically targets students and graduates with similar backgrounds to those of the founders.

Social entrepreneur and conflict scientist Sabrina Konzok is the managing director of Junge Tüftler. She leads the non-profit Hamburg-based organization dedicated to Maker Education. Learning through tinkering is the motto of the tinkerer team.

Malte Schremmer is the CEO of the non-profit GmbH Goldeimer. His company aims to make dry toilets socially acceptable again and to utilize their potential on all levels.

Takuya Furukawa is the Local Head for North Rhine-Westphalia and Hamburg, explaining how the ReDI School of Digital Integration imparts digital skills, strengthens professional abilities, and builds a network of professionals.

Ginés Haro Pastor is the founder of El Club de los Raros, a bookstore project born in Seville that aims to improve people's well-being through reading.

Paula Baldó is an entrepreneur and founder of her own consultancy, which supports companies of all sizes in their sustainable transformation process.

Manuel Alonso is the co-founder of Maat Impact, a startup that helps companies find, manage, measure, and report their corporate volunteering actions in collaboration with NGOs through a digital platform.

Pilar Balet is the founder of La Mar de Gente Comunicación, a social enterprise made up of a team of communication, marketing, and design professionals who work exclusively with organizations that create social or environmental change.

Have you ever wondered whether those horrific photos of cancer and amputation on cigarette packets actually make any difference? Sophie McGannan at French charity VIF answers that and much more in this episode.

Because money is power and even if you’ve only got 100€ to invest, that’s 100€ of power to wield however you want to. At citizens’ investment fund LITA, they help people invest in companies developing real-world solutions to ecological and social issues.

You’re busy at work, aiming for a promotion; home life is full on, with young kids and a partner as busy as you are, and yet someone suggests you follow a training course on top of all the rest! They must be crazy!

To make developing more accessible; to empower students; to change the world by changing the apps and websites we all use every day!

Because in our fast-changing climate, skills need to change too.

Because it is in the ocean that we find most microalgae, and microalgae offer a huge range of solutions to an equally vast range of issues.

When there is a quantitative economist as Head of Strategy in any company, it’s arguably a good sign for investors; when that company deals directly in social impact, they can be sure that not only is their money in safe hands, it’s also doing good.

Carelink Group is optimising outcomes for vulnerable people in Denmark, and they’re doing it in a sort of partnership with the Danish welfare state.

Bristol & Bath Regional Capital is an investment company with a significant difference, summed up in director Jari Moate’s own words: “Money is fuel”. In this case, fuel for wide-ranging positive societal and environmental impact across south-west England.

There is growing need for support for people across society, and the UK landscape of service provision is a complex one. Charity Catch22 addresses that complexity in many ways, most of them thoroughly hands-on, assisting and accompanying people, often one-to-one.